No rain predicted, winds on Wednesday up to 55km/h

Day 1+2 Vettel Button Massa Kobayashi Riccardo Maldonado Kovalainen
Day 3+4 Webber Hamilton Alonso Perez Vergne Senna Trulli

Mercedes is testing their 2012 car in Barcelona, but is in Jerez with the 2011 car for some runs with the new Pirellis

zere

Germany1287 Posts

February 06 2012 10:55 GMT

#43

Sauber also has a Michael Jackson nose

Lachrymose

Australia1928 Posts

February 06 2012 13:08 GMT

#44

RB8 finally revealed a couple of minutes late, I think.

It too has the step nose, so I guess we know that means it's better. : p

Ho0ps

United Kingdom216 Posts

February 06 2012 13:14 GMT

#45

Are the pre-season tests streamed anywhere? I remember the BBC doing live blogs but cant remember any video coverage.

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

February 06 2012 13:14 GMT

#46

There is something new going on with the Red Bull nose. Almost looks like a hole where the front of the car meets the step. Team are allowed one opening for driver cooling, of course it could be some kind of f-duct.. Can't for the life of me see what it is on the bad video feed.There also seems to be something extra beneath the front suspension.

As usual the best part (rear) is hidden..

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

February 06 2012 13:18 GMT

#47

Archybaldie

United Kingdom818 Posts

February 06 2012 13:30 GMT

#48

Cant wait for this season to kick off,

Also for those intrested in the technical side of F1 http://scarbsf1.wordpress.com/ is a very intresting place to read.

On a side note ... the McLaren is so pretty!

zuqbu

Germany797 Posts

February 06 2012 13:37 GMT

#49

my initial reaction to ferrari's unveiling was "wow, fiat multipla limited monoposto edition"
but now, after seeing the rest of the grid i may rethink watching f1 in hd this season. the mclaren is the only top team so far with a sensible looking car. let's see what mercedes came up with.

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

February 06 2012 13:54 GMT

#50

McLaren is the only team so far with a different concept. Also from the lauch photos they seem to run with quite a bit of rake. I was under the impression that the exhaust blown diffuser was what allowed RB to run their car so high last year. Newey himself said they had to adjust the aerodynamics to run the car flat this year.

SaetZero

United States855 Posts

February 06 2012 19:58 GMT

#51

With the livery and all, the Sauber looks really good. Like.... I REALLY like the look of it. Maybe its the colors talking but it looks so aggressive. :D Kamui is gonna look like a murderer in that shit as he fights for top 5. ^^

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

February 06 2012 20:13 GMT

#52

Anyone know why they banned helium use instead of o2? I didn't realize that there were such large benefits to warrant a ban.

Aristodemus

England2009 Posts

February 06 2012 20:13 GMT

#53

Awesome job again on the OP!

Looking forward to checking out the testing times in the next few weeks.

Chaves

Brazil315 Posts

February 06 2012 20:22 GMT

#54

ll barrichelo race? or he's off?

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

February 07 2012 07:15 GMT

#55

On February 07 2012 05:22 Chaves wrote:
ll barrichelo race? or he's off?

Rubens is off. Has been spottedet testing an Indycar for KV, running favorably versus Tony Kanaan.

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

February 07 2012 07:18 GMT

#56

On February 07 2012 05:13 GreEny K wrote:
Anyone know why they banned helium use instead of o2? I didn't realize that there were such large benefits to warrant a ban.

I believe it was on the grounds of cost saving, for some reason. It is generally how F1 works; one team discovers something, everybody copies it, it gets banned because its equal anyway.

zere

Germany1287 Posts

February 07 2012 10:01 GMT

#57

Livetimings are here
and here

Archybaldie

United Kingdom818 Posts

February 07 2012 12:22 GMT

#58

http://f1tests.co.cc/2012.php this also has the timings aswell as a ton of information

zere

Germany1287 Posts

February 07 2012 20:49 GMT

#59

GOOD LORD, I want McLaren to win this year because they have the only decent looking car -_-

AntiLegend

Germany247 Posts

February 07 2012 20:59 GMT

#60

can anyone explain to me the reasoning behind the rule which causes those ugly cars? i hope it's a good one like significantly improved safety or something, or this is a huge fail on fia's part imho, since the look of the car is a relatively big factor in formula 1's appeal.